Back in the USSR, mandarin was an integral part of the New Year. And nowadays, people do not celebrate this magical holiday without a sunny fruit. For what reason has mandarin become one of the main components of the New Year?
Instructions
Step 1
Mandarin is an evergreen tree with a height of 3 to 10 meters. The fruits of this plant ripen for a very long time, more than 6 months, but at one time you can collect a couple of hundred fruits from the tree. At the moment, the main suppliers of tangerines to Russia from neighboring countries abroad are Abkhazia and Georgia, and from distant countries - Morocco and China. It was in China that the name was invented for this fruit - the fact is that once here people with wealth were called tangerines. Since orange fruits in those days could only be afforded by the rich, they were called tangerines.
Step 2
Also in China, the idea arose to celebrate the New Year with tangerines. This happened over 1000 years ago. At the holiday, the Chinese came to the guests and brought with him a few fruits, thereby wishing the owners prosperity, and when leaving, he received 2 tangerines back on the road. Hence, the desire for a rich life was completely mutual.
Step 3
There is an opinion that these citrus fruits were one of the few delicacies that ripened in December and were delivered from Abkhazia to the Soviet Union. Other sources say that it was only in 1960 that the Russian people began to associate tangerines with the New Year, since at that time a dry cargo ship arrived in Leningrad, filled to the heap with boxes of orange fruit. After that, annually ripe tangerines were brought to the Soviet Union in December.
